PowerShell Projects — Catalog, Research & Defensive Guidance

A defender- and researcher-oriented summary of PowerShell projects I maintain. This page outlines project goals, conceptual architecture, defensive implications, and how teams can responsibly use the work for detection tuning and purple-team exercises.

Executive summary

PowerShell is a built-in automation platform widely used by administrators, defenders, and researchers. The projects summarized here span utilities, network/recon tooling, and focused research. One significant internal research area is a fileless, in-memory PowerShell research effort. That work is intended for defensive testing, detection development, and coordinated purple-team validation; it is available under controlled conditions and is not published as a weaponized artifact.

Categories (at a glance)

flowchart TB A[PowerShell Projects] --> B["Utilities"] A --> C["Network & Recon"] A --> D["Research (internal/private)"] A --> E["Automation & Orchestration"] B --> B1["PowerShell-File-Search"] C --> C1["PowerShell-Network-Scanner"] D --> D1["Fileless PowerShell Research (internal)"] E --> E1["Supporting automation scripts"]
  • Utilities: File discovery, log helpers, and small admin aids used for incident triage.
  • Network & Recon: Lightweight discovery and mapping tools for controlled lab recon.
  • Research (internal/private): Focused work on detection gaps and memory-resident behaviors; access is coordinated.
  • Automation & Orchestration: Scripts to provision labs, collect telemetry, and run repeatable tests.

Project summaries (short, 2–3 lines each)

🔹 PowerShell-File-Search

A fast PowerShell utility for locating and filtering files across endpoints—useful for incident triage and targeted artifact collection.
Use: IR and admin helper. · Link: https://github.com/GamehunterKaan/PowerShell-File-Search

🔹 PowerShell-Network-Scanner

Lightweight discovery tool to find live hosts and enumerate basic services in test environments.
Use: Recon and mapping in controlled exercises. · Link: https://github.com/GamehunterKaan/PowerShell-Network-Scanner

🔹 Fileless PowerShell Research (internal / access-controlled)

A defensive research program that examines in-memory (fileless) behaviors and related telemetry. The research focuses on detection hypotheses, SOC playbooks, and sanitized testcases for purple-team validation. Access is granted only under written authorization and defined scope.
Use: Detection development, SOC training, and internal validation. ·

Research: fileless PowerShell (internal, defensive)

Important: The content below is descriptive and defensive. It intentionally excludes operational details and implementation techniques.

Purpose & scope

The internal fileless research is intended to help defenders understand how memory-resident techniques manifest in telemetry and to provide sanitized testcases that improve detection coverage and incident response playbooks. It is not publicly released as an exploit toolkit.

Research goals (defensive)

  • Surface observable telemetry patterns that distinguish suspicious in-memory activity from benign administration tasks.
  • Produce detection hypotheses, telemetry requirements, and SOC playbooks.
  • Create sanitized, reproducible testcases for purple-team validation and EDR tuning.
flowchart LR Lab[Authorized Lab] --> Execute[Controlled In-Memory Tests] Execute --> Telemetry[Collect Process & Memory Telemetry] Telemetry --> Hypotheses[Form Detection Hypotheses] Hypotheses --> Tune[Tune EDR & SOC Rules] Tune --> Validate[Purple-Team Validation]

Access & coordination

Because the internal fileless research involves sensitive techniques, raw artifacts and testcases are available only under coordinated engagements with written authorization and defined scope. If you are a researcher, SOC team, or vendor seeking access for defensive validation, contact me to arrange a controlled engagement.